loomisjohnson
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| Do any of your Rolling Stones recordings bring "Satisfaction"? the earlier, andrew loog oldham-helmed records were sonic messes--he was more of an impressario than a producer. their classic jimmy miller/glyn johns records--beggars banquet/sticky fingers/let it bleed records sound great to me, as does some gir... | |
| Is There a Speaker for Me/Impossible Requirements? (budget: $2000) the kestrels are an excellent speaker, esp. for the money. i'm sure you'll find the harbeth or some of the other above to be more resolving for your type of music, but the difference may not be cost-effective. fwiw, i didn't find the spendor 3/5 t... | |
| Input From PSB Owners i use the synchrony 2b in my office and rate them just a notch above the also-good imagine--the synchrony have just a bit more oomph and a very smooth high end. not a massive difference, but definitely a speaker i'd recommend without reservation. | |
| Chinese fake cables How fake, how good? there are two separate questions here--first the morality of buying chinese knockoffs and second the quality of said knockoffs. i don't address the first question, but from my experience these products, whether audio, handbags or watches, are f... | |
| Tight bass sub recommendations martin logan dynamo is a really fast, tight sub which should pair well with the maggies--very good value used. | |
| Need Help with Voltage for Integrated ruebent, i'll do exactly what you suggest--i'm 99% sure you're correct. thanks. | |
| Any experience with this amplifier? likewise i have no experience with it; however fwiw a very knowledgeable friend of mine took a flyer on a chinese naim clone amp for around $250 and was actually pretty impressed. there are also a lot of quad450 clones on the market--they are skil... | |
| Beach Boys Pet Sounds by Analogue Productions i agree 100% with bdp--for all the acclaim pet sounds always sounded compressed and bad to me, with notably thin low end. brilliant songs, however. | |
| Modestly priced bookshelf speakers for cabin. n80, you've gotten some good suggestions like the acoustic energy and klipsch quartet (if you have the space); my personal recommendation would be to look for a good 80s speaker like the ads l520, which are easy to find <$200 and sound shocking... | |
| Looking for Recommendation for AVR steve: i personally don't hear a ton of difference between the mass market avrs--i've had good luck with pioneer elite and yamaha; others will recommend denon or marantz; i've heard people complain about onkyo's reliability. if you look at accesso... | |
| Which atmos reciever/preamp / integrated has the best room correction built in and atmos? concur with the above--anthem has the best room correction i've heard | |
| One of the best tweeters ever, whatever happened? i owned a pair of the optimus pro (5x?) with the linauem tweeter--they really did sound refined, but they wouldn't play loud--did anyone else have that experience? | |
| DAC/Streamer Advice +1 on bluesound--inboard dac is quite good | |
| Tune of the Day matthew sweet, "passerby"--he's been prolific of late, with three new albums this year--i initially thought they sounded good but somewhat formulaic until i heard this gem, which is as purty a song as he's written | |
| For streaming Spotify and Tidal will a DAC improve quality over a Cromecast if you've connected the chromecast w/an optical cable, you're already using the dac in the rotel and not the (probably inferior) internal dac in the chromecast. if you're not happy with how the rotel sounds, you can of course get an external dac--... |